WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Thinking a little bit about North Park for next season. They have a good core coming back, now with substantial experience.
Their rebounding efforts were spread out among much of the roster, which was helpful.
In terms of rebs per minute, senior Alisha Panthier was best, at .319 (95/298).
Others who did well were Josie Summerville .276 (124/449), Jayla Johnson .233 (180/773) and Esther Miller .231 (21/91, obviously small sample).
A few new tall players could help what already looks like a formidable team next fall.

[iwu70]

If all return, NPU will be very strong next year.  They need a Jill Berg type player in the paint. 

IWU could use a bit more size too, with only Brovelli coming back.  Lowis played well on the boards, but not really a strong offensive threat.  Several TITANS need to improve FT shooting.  I think we were last in the conference in %.   Would love to see Raven Hughes return, as I've said.  Doubtful.  Perhaps some help from the freshmen newbies coming in.  Sydney Shanks' consistency, scoring, defence, steals, rebounding and leadership will be missed.  A wonderful career at IWU.

Here comes an interesting weekend of games.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Thinking a little bit about North Park for next season. They have a good core coming back, now with substantial experience.
Their rebounding efforts were spread out among much of the roster, which was helpful.
In terms of rebs per minute, senior Alisha Panthier was best, at .319 (95/298).
Others who did well were Josie Summerville .276 (124/449), Jayla Johnson .233 (180/773) and Esther Miller .231 (21/91, obviously small sample).
A few new tall players could help what already looks like a formidable team next fall.

Well, yeah, NPU does need at least one more big, because Alisha Panthier's graduation will leave the Vikings without a reserve big. But, as I've said before, what the Vikings really need in order to take them to the next level is a reliable second scorer to complement Jayla Johnson. I'm not discounting the possibility that one of the current players could become that reliable second scorer, but I'd love to see Amanda and Annie bring in somebody who has scoring ability and the mentality to use it without prejudice whenever she's on the floor.

[GoPerry]

Both Central #1 Whitewater and #6 UW-LaCrosse lost in the WIAC tourney.  Eau Claire will play Oshkosh for the AQ.  UWW will for sure be a Pool C so that's one less spot for either Wheaton or IWU.

There are probably more upsets out there also.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Both Central #1 Whitewater and #6 UW-LaCrosse lost in the WIAC tourney.  Eau Claire will play Oshkosh for the AQ.  UWW will for sure be a Pool C so that's one less spot for either Wheaton or IWU.

There are probably more upsets out there also.

In New England, Western New England (Regional #3) also lost last night. Three bubbles popped last night.

[RogK]

prior results of today's games :
AUG 86 IWU 80
IWU 83 AUG 57
WHE 52 NCC 40
WHE 72 NCC 65
fun and injury-free play is wished to all

[iwu70]

IWU over Augie by 1 at the half. 

'70

[Gregory Sager]

Wow. Dumbest foul of the century. Why would you foul an opponent who is attempting a lunging halfcourt shot at the buzzer when you're one second away from winning the game?

Even worse, it was the coach's kid who did it.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wow. Dumbest foul of the century. Why would you foul an opponent who is attempting a lunging halfcourt shot at the buzzer when you're one second away from winning the game?

Yeah, but as a Titan, I'll build a statue to whoever fouled!   You give Brooke Lansford THREE chances to make one to tie, two to win - I'll take that ANYTIME!

Titans knock off west Vikings TWICE tonite, and both were unbelievably close games.

[iwu70]

Great game, exciting on so many levels.

IWU over AC in OT -- 76-75.

Sosa 28  14-17 FTs
Shanks, a monster game, 21 and 13 and 8 steals
Brovelli 9

AC:
Jones 14
Loiz 13
Edell 10

On to WC and the AQ.  Sosa had a terrific second half, carrying her team.  Shanks had a terrific first half, carrying her team, playing the last minutes with 4 fouls.

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Some great performances, though. Sosa with 28, including a lot of huge drivers in the waning minutes of both regulation and overtime. Shanks with a near triple-double of 21 points, 13 rebounds, and eight steals. And she managed to hang in the game for a long time with four fouls, a feat in and of itself. Beinborn with 14, Loiz with 13, Edell with 10, and -- here's the eye-popping one -- Jones with 14 points and 21 rebounds, not to mention six assists and four steals. Twenty-one rebounds? Are you kidding me? Oh, and she also hit the 18-foot baseline J at the buzzer that sent the game into extras ... and she would've been credited with the game-winning FTs, too, had that dumb halfcourt foul not saved Wesleyan's bacon and yanked defeat out of the jaws of victory for Augie.

[iwu70]

Jones an amazing game for Augie. She must be heart-broken after all the effort.  21 rebounds some kind of record?

'70

[RogK]

Moments before, another Augie player reached in and might've been whistled too. As bad as the Augie players feel, seems like defective coaching more than anything else.

[Gregory Sager]

Huh?

Mark Beinborn shouldn't have had to tell his players not to foul there. It should've been blatantly obvious to any basketball player beyond middle-school ball that you don't reach in on a player putting up a desperation halfcourt buzzer heave when you're about to win the game.

That's not on Mark Beinborn. It's on his kid. I hate to say that, but it's true.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Jones an amazing game for Augie. She must be heart-broken after all the effort.  21 rebounds some kind of record?

'70

Announcer said it was a tourney record by a big margin - previous record of 17?